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DANIEL FAMILY CEMETERY
(Old Amason Cemetery or DAVIS Cemetery)
This cemetery is located on private property, in heavy woods, south
west of Calion.
Carl Raymond Amason graciously took myself & some others to this
cemetery in October 2002.
There were only three tombstones, but Carl Raymond showed us
the sunken graves of James & Mary Jane Perry Davis and the parents
of James Davis….
John Davis & Elizabeth Murphy Davis.
(The Davis graves are sunken in with trees growing out of them,
but there is a layer of large stones, (probably old ballast)
According to Carl there are only Davis
& Daniel graves in this
cemetery.
*John & Elizabeth Davis were my great great great grandparents;
James & Mary Jane Perry Davis are my great great grandparents.
I revisted the cemetery in the fall of 2003 and also in 2005.
This cemetery is on private property which sets about 30 to 45 feet
off of
the owner of the land's driveway. The woods & under growth are
quite thick.
If you are in-bound toward the owner's house, it will be to your right.
This cemetery
was canvassed back in 1968 by Lillian Craig McGowen and
only the
present day markers were visible. April
2004:
Submitted by
Janice Holzer. JCSH432@gmail.com
(Fall-2005 A new tombstone was
placed for
James Davis
& Mary Jane Perry Davis.)
*More cemetery
details below with the pictures.
JOHN D.
DANIEL
, SR. May 21, 1817 to
July 1880/1886
*John died
between June 1880 & July 1886.
He is with
Martha on the 1880 Arkansas, Union County Federal Census.
Martha
remarried in July 1886.
His headstone
is a tall standard looking tombstone,
but it is
broken & held together with metal strips and lying flat on the ground.
The break runs
through the death date.
MARTHA JANE
BARNES DANIEL DAVIS
1828 to
April 26, 1898, age 70 yrs.
Martha was married first to John D. Daniel, Sr. 1817
After his death, she married a widower, Peter Davis, July 1886.
(*See below more on Dr. Peter Davis)
Her tombstone is intact and standing erect.
*The following are some of the children of John Daniel, SR. &
Martha Jane Barnes Daniel, buried in Bethel Primitive Baptist
Chuch Cemetery, a little over a mile away from this cemetery.
1.) Bertha Daniel Davis (1851-1937)
(John Davis)
2.) Berry
Monroe Daniel (1854-1921) (*1st
wife, Mary Annie Murphy (1868-1891)
( *2nd
wife, Drucilla V. Davis (1859-1937)
3.) Martha Ann "Mattie" Daniel Davis (1859-1885)(Daniel W. Davis)
THOMAS W.
DANIEL February
1, 1845 to 1875
*Thomas, oldest S/of John D. Daniel,
Sr. & Martha Jane Barnes Daniel
*His tombstone is broken in several
pieces and lying on the ground.
*DR. PETER DAVIS,
2-14-1815AL to 3-10-1899AR
was the son of John Davis & Elizabeth Murphy Davis.
*Md:
1st, Elizabeth "Eliza" C. Harris in 1836 in Alabama.
*Md:
2nd, widow, Martha Jane Barnes Daniel in July
1886
*Peter is buried with his first wife at Bethel Primitive Baptist Cemetery,
about a mile southwest of this cemetery (as the crow flies)
*Several of the other Davis children/descendants
(including Peter Davis & his first wife) are all buried about a
mile away in
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Particularly in the area where we told
our "Davis" ancestors were buried, there
were several graves, you could pick
out because they were sunk into the
ground & are were covered with old
ballast from the ships/boats that
traveled up and down the Ouachita
River, which was within a mile of the
cemetery. The community of Calion, located in Union County is about
1 + miles north of this cemetery, with
the Oucahita River on the northernside &
the southeastern edge bordering
Calion. Champagnolle Landing is also
near by.
MARTHA JANE
BARNES DANIEL DAVIS /1ST husband, JOHN DANIEL
JOHN
DANIEL tombstone lying on ground to left….MARTHA JANE BARNES DANIEL DAVIS,
erect tombstone.
Below, old
repaired stone held together with a metal strap. ▼
JOHN
DANIEL born 5/21st or 31st/1817 Died before 1886(Difficult to
read on
tombstone but July 20th appears to be death date?
John
Daniel F/of Martha Ann Daniel b:
6/29/1859
THOMAS W.
DANIEL son of John & Martha Jane Daniel
▼ L – R: THOMAS W. DANIEL > JOHN DANIEL - MARTHA J. BARNES
DANIEL DAVIS
Below
overview of cemetery
Unknown
grave covered with ballast.
View of
another unknown grave covered with ballast.
▲This stone was set in the cemetery
in 2005 to mark the ▲
passing of
James Davis
& Mary Jane Perry Davis.
Unknown
Grave site
All of the
above photos taken between 2003-05